Langezijds

prof.dr. K. Pfeffer (Karin)

Full Professor
ITC-SCI-PLAN
Langezijds 1430
+31534897422
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Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Urban Areas
    • Economic and Social Development
    • Governance

  • Computer Science

    • User

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • India
    • Investigation
    • Area
    • Metropolitan Area

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • Municipality of EnschedeScientific Board participation
  • Urban Studies Foundation, Glasgow, UKTrustee
  • ARLMember of ARL (Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibnitz Association
  • NWOWetenschappelijk Adviescollege (NWO)

I am a geographer and holding a chair in Infrastructuring Urban Futures at the Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management department at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation. Prior to my appointment at ITC in 2017 I worked at the Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies of the University of Amsterdam (the NL) in various positions, ranging from postdoctoral researcher to Associate Professor. I obtained my PhD in Physical Geography from Utrecht University, the Netherlands. I was vice-dean research of the Faculty ITC 2020-2024.

Publications

2026

Involuntary resettlement for infrastructural development projects: redesigning an evaluation framework on impacts on the population in host communities (2026)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Adugbila, E. J.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036571395Comparative spatio-temporal and morphological analysis of urban growth using local climate zones in southern Chile (2026)Land use policy, 168. Article 108067 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Morales, M., Pfeffer, K., Wang, J., Maturana, F. & Schwarz, N.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108067Drift, actor-networks, and structuration as drivers of planning support systems institutionalization: The spatial development framework methodology in Rwanda's spatial planning processes (2026)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Oyeku, D.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036571616From urban surveillance to urban care: Care-full justice in the age of AI (2026)In The Inner World of Artificial Intelligence. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis). Boro, U., Meissner, F. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003480167-15Landscape character assessment of Nigeria: A machine-assisted learning approach (2026)Land use policy, 167. Article 108049 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Eneche, P. S. U., Zeng, Y., Atun, F., Pfeffer, K. & Ujoh, F.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108049Cross-sectoral digital planning Drinking Water-Urban Heat-Housing Provision indicators dataset (2026)Data in brief, 64. Article 112310. Cárdenas-León, I., Nourian, P., Koeva, M. N. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.112310Mapping the field of urban infrastructuring: A scoping review (2026)Cities, 169. Article 106529. Bodenstein, C. P. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106529Safety in the Techno-Mediated City: Insights from Bengaluru's AI-Powered CCTV Network (2026)Journal of Urban Technology, 1-26 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Boro, U., Meissner, F. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2025.2583882Informal economy notion in creative industry policy: the case of Bandung creative city (2026)International Development Planning Review, 1-39 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Aritenang, A. F., Madureira, A. M., Bustamante Duarte, A. M., Zul Fahmi, F., Iskandar, Z. S., Nurman, A., Pfeffer, K., Ramdan, D. & Safitri, P.https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2025.18

2025

Peri-urban lake ecosystem governance: A systematic inquiry of actor-resource relationships in the peri-urban region of Ahmedabad, India (2025)Journal of environmental policy and planning, 1-31 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Anand, A., Reckien, D., Zeng, Y. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2025.2599279

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Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1430
Hallenweg 8
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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